Anyone else doing horrible on the preop?

[jenger 22]

I am doing horrible on the preop diet. I have been on it four days but I am having trouble sticking to it. I am hoping to get back on track today. Anyone else having troubles?

[NeverBeTheSameAgain 241]

I have been sticking 2 it but it is truely a hard thing 2 do. What I do is when I feel like cheating I tell myself that they are going 2 open me up & close me right back up if my liver has not shrunk....& I been thru 2 much 4 that. It would be devastating 2 have 2 stay off work 2 recover from the places that they opened & STILL be fat. No no no, eating a sandwich or pizza or whatver is NOT worth that. I hope this helps

[christieouchley 55]

I did horrible on my pre op diet. Everyday I would try but its almost like your a drug addict, but the drug is all around you all of the time. I did better on my 4 day pre op liquid diet. On the 4 days I did liquid all day but a 4-6 oz baked mahi fish fillet at night. My surgery went OK and am 25 lbs down in 4 weeks.

[Arts137 1,811]

the first 3 or 4 days are hard for everone, IF you can get past them it Does get easier (I'm on day 13)

[Kellylynn 56]

I failed miserably during the ore-op. I had individuals on this board tell me i should cancel surgery, that I wasn't ready for it because I couldn't stick to the 10 day ore-op.

I'm happy to tell you I was sleeved on May 3 and am down 27lbs.

I'm in no way encouraging you to ignore the ore-op diet - but I am telling you it is not necessarily a measure of your readiness.

If I had the perseverance to stick to diets in general I wouldn't have needed this surgery.

I wish you the best of luck. Hang in there and try your best but don't beat yourself up at this point.

You can do this!

[kulita 243]

It is a little hard. I am not sure if your pre-op was like mine (2 shakes and a 350 cal dinner with salad)

What I did was break up my shakes so that I drank less more often. Basically, I was drinking a 4 oz shake in every 2.5 hours and in between drinking lots of Water and crystal lite.

Try that and see if it works for you. Also, you may want to get a variety of shake flavors as you may get tired of one particular flavor quickly.

[ladybug71 19]

I am on day 4 of a 14day liquid diet. i have had a couple of crackers and a little fish stick. it is really hard to be really attached nite only to food but diet Dr pepper! No more pop and caffeine has been the hardest.down 4lbs in 3 days

[jenger 22]

Thanks everyone for all your comments. I really appreciate the feedback! This is so hard but I can't wait for the surgery.